Shawn White, MD, FACS, a board-certified urologist and partner at the Center for Urologic Care of Berks County and Chief of Urology at Reading Hospital, has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Medical Society as an Everyday Hero Award winner.

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is excited to be able to offer our poster competition for medical students and residents again virtually.

On December 8, BioNTech and Pfizer said a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant

On December 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to 16 and 17 year olds, for a single use booster dose.

Early next year, PAMED expects to see movement on HB 1319 to help curb the predatory practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Employees who face work-related injuries and illnesses commonly have subsequent stress and anxiety. Oftentimes, this stress is made worse should employers stop communicating with the employee while they’re unable to work.

The PA Department of Health recently issued an update regarding the seasonal flu.

Members can find the Department of Health's 2022 medical copying fees on PAMED's convenient chart.

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On Wednesday, PAMED sent a message to the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation asking them to co-sponsor and support HR 6020.

PAMED, along with our coalition partners, including physician organizations and patient advocacy groups, have been meeting for the past several weeks with representatives from Pennsylvania’s Department of insurance (PID) to revise language in Senate Bill 225. The goal of these meetings has been to draft amendatory language that not only meets our reform objectives but also satisfies concerns raised by the state’s insurance regulators.

At its meeting on Nov. 16, 2021, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted to recommend that Chronic Hepatitis be added to the list of serious medical conditions for purposes of medical marijuana certification.

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED), in conjunction with the American Medical Association (AMA), has filed a friend of the court brief (“amicus brief”) with the Eastern District of the Pennsylvania Superior Court in the case of Gill et al. v. the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Kristen M. Sandel, MD, a board-certified emergency physician from Berks County, was elected by a statewide group of physicians to serve as vice president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED).

Syed Moez Shah Bukhari, MD, an internal medicine physician with Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus in Philadelphia, Pa. has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) as its October 2021 Everyday Hero Award recipient.

Delegates had a healthy and productive debate on many of the issues that face health care today. Here is a look at some of the resolutions that delegates either adopted or directed to PAMED's Board for decision or further study.